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Coastal, southern B.C. face weather warnings with ‘atmospheric river’ plus high tides
Much of British Columbia's south coast is bracing for stormy weather as Environment Canada says a "potent and impactful" storm will bring heavy rain to Metro Vancouver. A pedestrian carries an umbrella as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, October 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Chennai airport runway flooded as Cyclone Michaung nears India
Commuters make their way through a flooded road after heavy rains in Chennai on December 4, 2023. Cyclone Michuang is expected to make landfall on December 5 along the southern coast. (Photo by R__SATISH_BABU / AFP) (Photo by R__SATISH_BABU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 56 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow
People walk past a snow hill at Red Square in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower after a heavy snowfall in Moscow on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Strong earthquake leaves one dead in Philippines; tsunami warning lifted
This handout photo released by the Local Government Unit of Hinatuan shows a damaged house after an earthquake struck Hinatuan town, Surigao del Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful earthquake struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. (LGU Hinatuan via AP)
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El Niño brings a warm start to winter, but that could change, Weather Network says
Snow-covered cattle stand in a pasture near Didsbury, Alta. on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Many in Western Canada may not get a white Christmas this year as El Niño will bring warmer temperatures and below-normal snowfall to the region, according to The Weather Network’s forecast for the next three months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Tornadoes forecast in Black Sea region as storm reportedly impacts Russian military operations
The Evpatoria - Saki highway is covered with water after a storm in Crimea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. A storm in the Black Sea took down power grids and left almost half a million people without power after it flooded roads, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea, Russian state news agency Tass said. (AP Photo)
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Powerful storm pounds Black Sea region, leaving more than a half-million people without power
An area near the Evpatoria - Saki highway is covered with water after a storm in Crimea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. A storm in the Black Sea took down power grids and left almost half a million people without power after it flooded roads, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea, Russian state news agency Tass said. (AP Photo)
football
Alouettes fans turn up in numbers for Grey Cup parade in downtown Montreal
Montreal Alouettes' Cody Fajardo hoists the cup during the team's Grey Cup parade, in Montreal, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Soaking up ‘storm season’ in Tofino
Chesterman Beach Storm Waves Wickaninnish Inn Photography: Winter Storm Watching
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About 85,000 still without power in parts of B.C. after high winds, heavy rains
A woman walks past a tree in the Kitsilano Beach parking lot, torn apart by a wind storm in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Heavy rain, wind and snow expected for portions of B.C. over next several days
A woman carrying an umbrella walks through a light tunnel installation during the Lumiere Festival as rain falls in Vancouver, on Monday, November 6, 2023. The five-day festival featuring interactive light displays concluded Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
golf
Canada’s Brooke Henderson goes on a tear to take 1-shot lead on LPGA Tour
Brooke Henderson watches her tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of an LPGA golf tournament Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Belleair, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)
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Ski resorts in Canadian Rocky Mountains start to open for winter season
Ski season has started in Alberta as two resorts in the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, opened Friday morning. Skiers at the Lake Louise ski resort near Lake Louise, Alta., are shown on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Storm Ciaran whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France, leaving millions without power
Pedestrians walk past a destroyed warehouse in Porspoder, western France, on November 2, 2023, as the storm Ciaran hits the region. Much of northwestern Europe went on high alert on November 1, 2023 as a storm dubbed Ciaran threatened to bring gale-force winds and extreme rainfall to the region. (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER / AFP) (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Evacuation order issued for thousands in southern California as Santa Ana winds fuel wildfire
A structure is engulfed in flames as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, fire authorities said. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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Ukraine’s DTEK power company fortifies its plants against Russian winter attacks
Dmytro Sakharuk, excutive director of DTEK, largest Ukrainian private energy producer, at his office in Kyiv, Ukraine. The picture made on Oct 30 2023
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Mexico raises Hurricane Otis death toll to 43 and puts missing at 36 as search continues
TOPSHOT - View of damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on October 28, 2023. The death toll from an extraordinarily powerful hurricane that blasted the Mexican resort city of Acapulco rose Saturday to 39, the Mexican government said (Photo by Rodrigo OROPEZA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO OROPEZA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mexico security authorities raise Hurricane Otis death toll to 39
A woman walks inside a church damaged by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
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Hurricane Otis causes 27 confirmed deaths, leaves four missing, Mexican authorities report
Cars cross a flood-damaged avenue after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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On your mark, get set, check the air quality: Marathon race organizers adjust to new climate reality
Brian Gallant at the finish line of the 2021 edition of the Black Spur Ultra (54km/108km/relay) hosted at the Kimberley Alpine Resort. Brian is congratulating a finisher. HANDOUT
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Hurricane Otis batters Acapulco, rips across southern Pacific coast before becoming tropical storm
Members of the federal forces chat as they keep watch at a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin
british columbia
Why fall’s arrival hasn’t shaken off the impact of B.C.’s ‘exceptional’ drought
Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen above Little Shuswap Lake in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Experts say the province is yet to escape the repercussions of an exceptional year of hot, dry weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Environment Canada warns up to 25 cms of snow to fall on Calgary
Alberta's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on Tuesday June 30, 2020. Alberta Health Services says there province is seeing a jump in whooping cough cases in the southern region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Globe Climate: The $15-billion green financing agency helping Ottawa’s clean-economy ambitions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive to deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Pacific and Atlantic hurricanes Norma and Tammy make landfall in Mexico and Barbuda
A family crosses near an avenue flooded by the rains of Hurricane Norma in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Norma had weakened and was downgraded to Category 1 on the hurricane wind scale. It was located 25 miles west of Cabo San Lucas storm with winds of 85 mph (140 kmh) and expected to make landfall on Saturday, according to the U.S. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Much of southern Quebec under rainfall warning, up to 60 millimetres expected
A person holds an umbrella during heavy rain in Montreal, Saturday, October 7, 2023. Much of southern Quebec is under a rainfall warning today as Environment Canada forecasts between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain could drench the province by Sunday evening. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Storm hits northern Europe, killing at least 4 people
Emergency services at the scene after a passenger plane came off the runway while landing in windy conditions at Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds, England, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
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At least three killed in U.K as gale-force winds, floods strike Northern Europe
A woman talks on the phone as she looks out of a window onto the flooded property below, in Brechin, Scotland, Friday Oct. 20, 2023. The gale-force winds are expected to hit hardest the eastern part of Denmark's Jutland peninsula and the Danish islands in the Baltic Sea. But the British Isles, southern Sweden, northern Germany and parts of Norway also on the path of the storm, named Babet by U.K.’s weather forecaster, the Met Office. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/PA via AP)
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Hundreds in Scotland told to evacuate as northern Europe braces for gale-force winds and floods
A man drives his scooter through a park in Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Hurricanes are growing more intense along Atlantic seaboard, study finds
Destroyed houses and rubble following hurricane Fiona in Burnt Island, Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday September 27, 2022. Fiona left a trail of destruction across much of Atlantic Canada, stretching from Nova Scotia's eastern mainland to Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island and southwestern Newfoundland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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First atmospheric river of fall deluges parts of B.C.’s south coast, southern Interior
People walk along Gorge Rd. during rainshowers in Victoria, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. British Columbia's south coast is weathering its first atmospheric river of the fall and the province's Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says residents should prepare for increased rainfall and the chance of flooding.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Heavy rain deluges B.C.’s coast, bringing potential for low-lying flooding
A woman wears a plastic poncho as rain falls in Vancouver, on Monday, September 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Almost 60% of small– and medium-sized businesses across Canada affected by extreme weather: survey
Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. Proof that deer experienced elevated stress in response to blazes in British Columbia's southern Interior can be found in the animals' poop, although researchers say there's still much to learn about what wildfire means for wildlife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
My first autumn on the Nova Scotia coast has been cold, wet, windy – and astonishingly beautiful
Barry Rueger
world
Death toll from flash floods in Indian Himalayas climbs to 74, rescue gathers pace
Central Reserve Police Force personnel help people disembark from an Indian Air Force helicopter after they were rescued from Lachen, an inaccessible area due to flash floods caused by a lake burst, at Mangan Helipad in Sikkim, India, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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Post-tropical storm Philippe will be no Lee, but accumulating weather damage makes Nova Scotia vulnerable
Visitors stroll by tourist shops in the rain during storm Lee, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Severe conditions were predicted across parts of Massachusetts and Maine, and hurricane conditions could hit the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where the storm, Lee, downgraded early Saturday from hurricane to post-tropical cyclone, was expected to make landfall later in the day. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)